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Submitted by sernabad on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:12am

"And the Oscar goes to..." -- 82nd Academy Awards nominees are announced

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The annual guess-fest for the 82nd Academy Awards has begun. The nominees were announced this morning.

Avatar and Hurt Locker tied for nine nominations each, followed closely by Inglorious Basterds, which received eight. Is this the first year that ex-spouses will be vying for gold statues -- directors James Cameron (Avatar) and Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker) were married to each other from 1989-1991.

This year, the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences upped the number of nominees for Best Picture to ten, hoping the bounce will boost sagging sales.

Oscar's big night this year is Sunday, March 7.

Comments

Submitted by pkooger on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 5:21pm.

What do you think of the fact that they now have 10 nominees for Best Picture? I sort of like it, but fear that the amount of time it will take to showcase each one of the candidates will bloat the show.

Submitted by beachm on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 9:26pm.

i think it allowed "the blind side" to get nominated for best picture. sad.

Submitted by ErinDurrett on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 1:33pm.

I kind of liked the idea of ten best picture nominations too, only in the sense that they honor 5 more incredible films each year with the nomination itself. However, I can only imagine how much more difficult it is to pick the best picture with ten films to choose from.